Odisha STF Arrests 6th Accused In OTP-Sharing Scam Involving Pak Agents

Bhubaneswar: The STF of Odisha Crime Branch has nabbed one more accused in the OTP-sharing scam in which five persons, including a teacher, were earlier arrested for allegedly sharing OTPs with operatives of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents.

The accused, identified as Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure, was arrested from Pune in Maharashtra on Thursday. He was produced before local court in Pune and brought to Bhubaneswar after getting transit remand.

An official release said that a Non Bailable Warrant (NBW) was earlier issued against him by the court in Bhubaneswar.

A resident of Satara district of Maharashtra, Abhijeet is a Post Graduate in Statistics from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, Ananda, Gujarat. Currently he was working in a software company in Pune.

The accused was in regular touch with two Pakistani Intelligence/ Pakistani Army Intelligence officials since long. In 2018, he met one Danish alias Syed Danish Ali Naqvi of Khanki, Faislabad, Pakistan through Facebook messenger, who identified himself as a freelancer at “Chegg”, an American education technology company. Abhijeet had shared his user id and password of “Chegg” with Danish., who was working (solving problem/ questions etc.) in Chegg on Abhijeet’s identity but the earning was credited in Abhijeet’s account in India.

However, to return this “favour”, Abhijeet had to do some “work” for Danish. Danish introduced him to his friend namely Khurram alias Abdul Hamid of Karachi, Pakistan. Khurram is believed to be a senior Pakistan Army intelligence officer having big base/ network of agents in India. And as per instruction of Khurram, he used to transfer money to various PIOs working in India.

Abhijeet also talked with at least 7 Pakistan citizens and 10 Nigerian citizens through WhatsApp. Further investigation is in progress.